.204 Serria bullets to soft for coyote

[michaeljcanoe]

Shoot the Berger 40 grainers in my 20/250, and the Berger, as usual, gets the job done. I've jumped around but seem to always come back to shooting Bergers (but do know the 39 grain Sierra shoots quite well in it). I'm using 40.5 grains of H4350 for a MV of 4340'/sec. With a 2" midrange (for coyotes). I'm good with a dead on hold out to 345 and then top of the back to 395. One of the last coyotes of the season (Western Montana) was at 367. Just pretty darn simple...top of the back=dead critter. Would have loved to have used Reloder 15 (accurate, and good velocity with appropriate pressure) and somewhere got the impression that it was not particularily sensitive to wide swings in temperature. Ain't true! Had to go to H4350 (EXTREME) this winter due to a couple misses. A friend put a few rounds in the freezer and brought them to the range at 6 degrees out. Put a few on the dash of the vehicle and let the defroster warm them up. Difference at a hundred yards was about an inch. Had to switch back to Varget in my .17 Rem and H4350 in my Middlested. Bottom line..........all the wildcat .204s are "quite the ticket." Montana Mike